"Getting Caught Up"

High school is the prime time for kids to become young adults. Our bodies change, our thoughts change, and everything changes. In a sense we become a whole new person, or the person we are meant to be. High school is also the time when you discover your true friends.

I've learned that a lot of the time people have hidden intentions when they're talking to you. Some of the time they are just pretending to like you or be your friend because you have something they need or want. People aren't always honest about things, little white lies snow ball and create more and more lies. I've read that rumors are spread by someone who is jealous of you or by someone who can't compete with you. Rumors are spread by insecure people and are believed by naive people. Rumors could be spread by your closest "friends", the people who know you the best, and the people you often trust and tell everything to, but may not have your best interest at heart.

Not everyone spreads rumors, but people talk behind each other's backs. I've witnessed first hand, "best friends" talking behind each other's backs. The things we say about the other person may not be bad, but does that make it okay? Our best friends are supposed to be the ones we tell everything to, the ones we do everything with, but how can we do this, if we are afraid of what they might say when we are not around. We may not ever know for sure what people say behind our backs, but true friends will always tell you when someone else is talking about you, or they should. True friends stand up for each other, they have each other's backs.

You are lucky if while in high school you've made true friends. Parents often say that you probably won't keep in touch with your friends from high school. My mom, for example, still talks to and hangs out with a few of her best friends from high school, but other than that, she doesn't keep in contact with other people from high school.

We all get caught up in this drama we call high school. We blame each other and fight with each other and say we're not friends, but in the end is it going to matter anyway? In a few years we will have graduated high school and college. Our friends are going to move away and start their lives. We should cherish the time we have left while were all so close, before it's too late. High school shouldn't be about who's the prettiest, who has the nicest clothes, or who has the best boyfriend; it should be about making true friends, about creating memories and friendships that will last a life time. We can't get caught up in the little things and let this time pass us by.